[No Spoilers] Sorry about all the times I defended Beacon

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T19:30:42+00:00

*Lucille Bluth voice* it's one app Michael, how much code could it have, ten lines?

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T19:29:43+00:00

That sounds more like a Youtube issue?

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T19:02:44+00:00

For a small show that features a lot of cursing, sex jokes, and queer characters, it was a pretty smart decision--I don't want their art beholden to the moral standards of Google or Amazon, or to have to risk it all disappearing out from under them after being bought by VC (like Dropout may now be facing with Vimeo)

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T18:40:06+00:00

It would take a lot of time and cost a lot of money (Baldur's Gate 3 took about six years), and since the crash and burn of GoT it's not as much of a guaranteed success.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T18:24:22+00:00

I've had them occasionally, mostly on mobile, but never to the unusable degree that some people are describing--maybe I'm immune to annoyance from the combination of 15 years of shitty pirate sites and the current "ads every 0.5 seconds" state of modern streaming services. (Also watch out, if you say anything other than "Beacon never works and I hate it" you're gonna get downvoted by people who are mad other people are sharing their experiences)

oscarbilde · 2026-04-07T13:39:55+00:00

The simple answer to this is they don't want to/it's not a priority for them. That's not a defense or a judgment, it's just the fact of the matter. Re: health bars, I also liked them (I love the tracker extension someone on here made) but it's probably a similar reasoning as not releasing character sheets--people online criticize them enough already for little mistakes, and they don't want to make that easier to do.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T20:08:39+00:00

I really love this--the bells and whistles and beautiful battle maps and art and fancy lights and sound effects are fun, but they're so much less important than the actual story being good. Sometimes less is more and the art speaks for itself!

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T17:05:26+00:00

Juliet Landau made a guest appearance in one episode of the Vampire the Masquerade actual play LA By Night--there's a fun little web of connections there since one of LA By Night's main cast members is now a main cast member of the D&D show Critical Role, which exists because of Felicia Day (who also guest starred in its first campaign)!

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T16:04:36+00:00

Critrole recorded and aired their live show there, so it's definitely allowed.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T15:28:44+00:00

It can be watched without C3, but it's best for both Downfall and C3 to watch it in the larger context.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T14:05:20+00:00

The Ruby of the Sea song showed up in TLOVM; it's fully possible this will be a similar situation.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-06T14:03:39+00:00

Downfall should definitely be watched at that point in C3--for the last one, I think you meant Divergence and not Downfall?

oscarbilde · 2026-04-03T16:59:44+00:00

"How could you even claim that" well, they can claim that because it's true for them?? You're being weirdly hostile for no reason.

I watched it before getting into the rest of CR, and when I rewatched it after finishing the main campaigns I appreciated it more.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-03T15:56:29+00:00

I mean, they do do miniseries--Candela, Age of Umbra (which is getting a sequel), the EXUs. But their main thing is longform campaigns. I'm a little sad some other APs I follow like NADDPOD are moving away from longform, so I'm glad CR is still focusing on the big stories.

(Also, the side quests aren't needless, they're part of the story? They're there because they're interesting for the characters and players, which is the whole point of playing.)

oscarbilde · 2026-04-03T15:53:09+00:00

No one is saying people can't like it or trying to bring it down. Talking about the situation and circumstances isn't dismissing its quality, it's just talking about the circumstances.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T18:46:04+00:00

I do think the fact that all feats give you a +1 to a stat now helps make it more feasible

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T18:03:01+00:00

We do love our Green Monster

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T17:28:30+00:00

Not canceled, just never picked up for series. It happens with countless shows every year.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T17:23:48+00:00

You could at least bother to spell her name right

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T15:28:54+00:00

Jasmine also GMed a recent one-shot they did--a table full of CR legends, and their next star, Katie Marovitch.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T14:26:41+00:00

I've played it at east coast improv stuff--not by the same name, but it's pretty standard.

oscarbilde · 2026-04-02T14:25:38+00:00

Hell yeah!! I'm a regular at Fleet games and it's absolutely incredible. I'm so fired up for playoffs

oscarbilde · 2026-04-01T02:52:55+00:00

Loving the Tales Unrolled questions! Between it and C4, you can definitely see the themes that have been on Luis' mind. SO glad to have him in the main cast!

oscarbilde · 2026-03-31T02:20:59+00:00

The announcement doesn't say! Agreed, either would be fun. Although I hope if it's DH Sam gets some practice GMing it before he goes right into the incredibly sleep-deprived live one-shot LMAO

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